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Contents
1 About Your System ...................................................................... 11
Accessing System Features During Startup ................................................. 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators .............................................................. 12
<Ctrl><C> Enters the SAS 2008 Daughter Card Configuration Utility. For
more information, see the SAS adapter documentation.
<Ctrl><H> Enters the LSI 9260 configuration utility. For more information,
see the documentation for your SAS RAID card.
<Ctrl><S> Enters the utility to configure NIC settings for PXE boot. For
more information, see the documentation for your integrated
NIC.
<Ctrl><HOME> BIOS recovery during Boot Block.
About Your System | 11
Front-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-1. Front Panel−3.5” x8 Hard Drives With Two Motherboards
Figure 1-2.
Figure 1-3.
Figure 1-4.
Front Panel−3.5” x12 Hard Drives With Two Motherboards
Front Panel−3.5” x8 Hard Drives With One Motherboard
Front Panel−3.5” x12 Hard Drives With One Motherboard
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Figure 1-5. Front Panel−2.5” x18 Hard Drives With Two Motherboards
Figure 1-6. Front Panel−2.5” x24 Hard Drives With Two Motherboards
Figure 1-7. Front Panel−2.5” x24 Hard Drives With One Motherboard
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1,3
Power-on indicator/
The power-on indicator lights
NOTE:
NOTE:
NOTE:
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
power button
(motherboards 1,2)
2,4 System identification
indicator/button
(motherboards 1,2)
Icon Description
when the system power is on.
The power button controls the
DC power supply output to the
system.
When powering on the
system, the video monitor can take
from several seconds to over 2
minutes to display an image,
depending on the amount of
memory installed in the system.
On ACPI-compliant
operating systems, turning off the
system using the power button
causes the system to perform a
graceful shutdown before power to
the system is turned off.
To force an ungraceful
shutdown, press and hold the
power button for 5 seconds.
The identification button can be
used to locate a particular system
and motherboard within a chassis.
When the button is pushed, the
blue system status indicator on
the front blinks until the button
is pushed again.
5 Hard Drives Up to twelve hot-swappable 3.5"
hard drives.
Up to twenty four hot-swappable
2.5" hard drives.
* Drive Cover Different for 2.5" hard drive
system and 3.5" hard drive system.
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Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
Predicted
Off/
On 500 ms
Off 500 ms
Drive Identify/
Blinking
On 250 ms
Off
Figure 1-8. Hard-Drive Indicators
1 hard-drive activity indicator
(green)
Table 1-1. Hard-Drive Status Indicators−For 3.5" Hard-Drive Backplane With CPLD
Hard
Drive
Type
SAS Slot Empty Off Off Off
Function
Drive Online/Access
Drive Failed Off/
Drive
Rebuilding
Drive
Rebuilding
Abort
Failure
(SMART)
Preparing for
removal
Activity LED Status LED
Green Green Amber
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
when active
2 hard-drive status indicator (green and
amber)
On Off
Off On 150 ms
Off 150 ms
On 400 ms
Off 100 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
Off 250 ms
Off
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
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Table 1-2. Hard-Drive Status Indicators−For 3.5" Hard-Drive Backplane With
Activity LED
Status LED
Expander
Hard Drive
Type
SAS Slot Empty Off Off Off
Function
Drive Online/Access
Drive Failed Off/
Drive
Rebuilding
Drive
Rebuilding
Abort
Predicted
Failure
(SMART)
Drive
Identify/
Preparing for
removal
Green Green Amber
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
On Off
Off On 125 ms
Off 125 ms
On 400 ms
Off 100 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 500 ms
Off 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
On 250 ms
Off 250 ms
Off
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 500 ms
On 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
Off
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Table 1-3. Hard-Drive Status Indicators−For 2.5" Hard-Drive Backplane With
Activity LED
Status LED
Expander
Hard Drive
Type
SAS Slot Empty Off Off Off
Function
Drive Online/Access
Drive Failed Off/
Drive
Rebuilding
Drive
Rebuilding
Abort
Predicted
Failure
(SMART)
Drive
Identify/
Preparing for
removal
Green Green Amber
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Off/
Blinking
when active
Blinking
when active
On Off
Off On 125 ms
Off 125 ms
On 400 ms
Off 100 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 500 ms
Off 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
On 250 ms
Off 250 ms
Off
Off 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
On 3000 ms
Off 3000 ms
Off 500 ms
On 500 ms
Off 1000 ms
Off
Back-Panel Features and Indicators
Figure 1-9. Back Panel−Two Motherboards
About Your System | 17
Figure 1-10. Back Panel−One Motherboard
4
NIC connector 2
Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC connectors.
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
1 Power supply 2 1100 W/1400 W
2 Power supply 1 1100 W/1400 W
Icon Description
3 NIC connector 1
5 Serial port
6 VGA port
7 System
identification
indicator
8 BMC management
port
Embedded 10/100/1000 NIC connectors.
Connects a serial device to the system.
Connects a VGA display to the system.
Both the system management software
and the identification buttons located on
the front can cause the indicator to flash
blue to identify a particular system and
system board. Lights amber when the
system needs attention due to a problem.
Dedicated management port.
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NOTE:
video monitor can take from several
NOTE:
compliant operating
NOTE:
Item Indicator, Button
Or Connector
9 USB port 0
10 USB port 1
11 Power On/Off
button
12 IPASS connector Connects to external PCIE devices or a
Icon Description
Connects USB devices to the system. The
ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
Connects USB devices to the system. The
ports are USB 2.0-compliant.
The power button controls the DC power
supply output to the system.
When powering on the system, the
seconds to over 2 minutes to display an
image, depending on the amount of memory
installed in the system.
On ACPIsystems, turning off the system using the
power button causes the system to perform
a graceful shutdown before power to the
system is turned off.
To force an ungraceful shutdown,
press and hold the power button for five
seconds.
PCIE bus extender port.
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NIC Indicator Codes
when the
Figure 1-11. NIC Indicators
1 speed indicator 2 link/activity indicator
NIC Status Indicator (Speed) Condition
Solid green Linking at 100 Mbps speed
Blinking green Port identification with 10 or 100 Mbps speed
Solid amber Linking at 1 Gbps speed
Blinking amber Port identification with 1 Gbps speed
Off Linking at 10 Mbps speed
link/activity LED is green; no link when the
link/activity LED is off.
NIC Status Indicator (Link/Activity)Condition
Solid green LAN linking/No access
Blinking green LAN accessing
Off No link
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Figure 1-12. NIC Indicators (BMC Management Port)
1 speed indicator
NIC Status Indicator (Speed) Condition
Green Linking at 100 Mbps speed
Off Linking at 10 Mbps speed when the
NIC Status Indicator (Link/Activity)Condition
Green LAN linking/Accessing
Off No link
2 link/activity indicator
link/activity LED is solid green;
no link when the link/activity LED is off
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Power and System Board Indicator Codes
Table 1-4. Status Indicator Codes
The LEDs on the system front panel and back panel display status codes
during system startup. For location of the LEDs on the front panel, see
Figure 1-1 for 3.5
location of the LEDs on the back panel, see Figure 1-9.
Tab le 1-4 lists the status associated with the status codes.
Component Indicator Condition
Power-on
indicator
" hard drive and Figure 1-6 for 2.5" hard drive systems. For
Green Solid
Blinking
Off
Amber
Blinking
Off
Power On S0/S1
BMC critical condition event in Power On
mode S0/S1
Power Off mode S4/S5
BMC Critical condition event in Power On
mode S0/S1
BMC Critical condition event in Power Off
mode S4/S5
Power On S0/S1
Power Off S4/S5
System
identification
indicator
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Blue Solid
Off
IPMI through Chassis Identify Command On
or ID Button Press ID On
IPMI through Chassis Identify Command Off
or ID Button Press ID Off
Power Supply Indicator Codes
1
power supply
2
AC power LED
Solid yellow
Power supply is at fault condition
Figure 1-13. Power Supply Status Indicator
AC Power LED Condition
Solid green Power supply is on (AC OK/DC OK) or in standby mode (100
VAC -120 VAC for 1023 W, 200 VAC-240 VAC for 1100 W, 200
VAC -240 VAC for 1400 W)
(UVP/OVP/OCP/SCP/OTP/Fan Fault)
Off Power supply is off or AC input voltage is out of normal
operating range (100 VAC-120 VAC for 1023 W, 200 VAC-240
VAC for 1100 W, 200 VAC-240 VAC for 1400 W)
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BMC Heart Beat LED
The system board provides BMC heart beat LED (CR2) for BMC debugs.
The BMC heart beat LED is green. When the system AC power is on, this
LED will light. When BMC firmware is ready, the BMC heart beat LED
will blink.
Figure 1-14. BMC Heart Beat LED
1 BMC heart beat LED 2 system board
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Post Error Code
Collecting System Event Log (SEL) for Investigation
Whenever possible, the BIOS will output the current boot progress codes
on the video screen. Progress codes are 32-bit quantities plus optional data.
The 32-bit numbers include class, subclass, and operation information. The
class and subclass fields point to the type of hardware that is being
initialized. The operation field represents the specific initialization activity.
Based on the data bit availability to display progress codes, a progress code
can be customized to fit the data width. The higher the data bit, the higher
the granularity of information that can be sent on the progress port. The
progress codes may be reported by the system BIOS or option ROMs.
The Response section in the following table is divided into three types:
1 Warning or Not an error – The message is displayed on the screen. An
error record is logged to the SEL. The system will continue booting
with a degraded state. The user may want to replace the erroneous unit.
2 Pause – The message is displayed on the screen, an error is logged to
the SEL, and user input is required to continue. The user can take
immediate corrective action or choose to continue booting.
3 Halt – The message is displayed on the screen, an error is logged to the
SEL, and the system cannot boot unless the error is resolved. The user
needs to replace the faulty part and restart the system.
Error Code Error Message Error Cause Recovery Method